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within 6 months of graduation. There’s never been a better time to consider Hope College.

As a member of the MIAA and NCAA Division III associations, Hope College sponsors
22 varsity sports for men and women. The college is home to the 2014 NCAA Division
III National Championship women’s volleyball team.

Nursing Graduates Earn Perfect Pass Rate

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Hope College nursing graduates have consistently bested the national and state averages
in passing the national licensing exam. This year, they did it perfectly.

Every Hope College nursing graduate of the 2010-11 school year passed the National
Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). It is the highest
pass rate in the history of the program, which achieved pass rates of 97 percent during
2009-10 and 95 percent during 2008-09.

The state and national averages for 2010-11 were 92 percent and 91 percent respectively.

The department of nursing at Hope began in 2002, although nursing education at the
college goes back another two decades. From 1982 through 2003, Hope and Calvin College
operated a nursing program jointly before creating their own, independent programs.

The program, which leads to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), is approved by
the Michigan Board of Nursing and is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing
Education (CCNE).

Students begin studies in the program as sophomores based on completion of prerequisite
classes as freshmen. The major includes coursework on campus as well as multiple
field placements, the latter spread across six specialty practicum courses, a research
practicum, a family health course and an internship. Area clinical sites have included
DeVos Children's Hospital, Holland Hospital, the Ottawa County Health Department,
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, Spectrum Health and Zeeland Hospital.

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